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SYSTEMATICS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The science of systematic classification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("systematics" is a kind of...):
science; scientific discipline (a particular branch of scientific knowledge)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "systematics"):
biosystematics; biosystematy (use of data (e.g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework)
taxonomy ((biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification)
dendrology (the study of wooden plants)
Derivation:
systematist (a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior)
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